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'''Susanne Vejdemo''' (born 1982) is a linguist, larper, and larpwright. She often writes games involving politics or ethical dilemmas.<Br>
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'''Susanne Vejdemo''' is a linguist, larper, and larpwright. She's Swedish, but currently lives in New York, USA. She often writes games involving politics or ethical dilemmas.<Br>
  
 
==Larps==
 
==Larps==
  
 
*Frizon, 2010, Sweden. A mobile adventure/drama larp about the legacy of a past genocide. With [[Daniel Armyr]].
 
*Frizon, 2010, Sweden. A mobile adventure/drama larp about the legacy of a past genocide. With [[Daniel Armyr]].
*Once More with Passion, 2011, Sweden. A chamber larp about the nature of inter-human conflict. With [[Elli Åhlvik]].
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*Once More with Passion, 2011, Sweden. A chamber larp about the nature of inter-human conflict. With [[Elli Åhlvik|Elli Garperian]].
 
*[http://vejdemo.se/drom/ A Midsummer Night's Dream] - A Shakespeare larp. With [[Love Sjögren]], [[Constance Bell Long]], [[Stefan Björk]].
 
*[http://vejdemo.se/drom/ A Midsummer Night's Dream] - A Shakespeare larp. With [[Love Sjögren]], [[Constance Bell Long]], [[Stefan Björk]].
*Great-great-great-grandma's Tiara, 2012. A chamber larp about the Swedish female gender role and mother-daughter relationships. With [[Daniel Armyr]].
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*[[Granny's Great-granny's Tiara]], 2012. A chamber larp about the Swedish female gender role and mother-daughter relationships. With [[Daniel Armyr]]. Available on [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309134/Grannys-Great-Grandmas-Tiara-PDF DriveThruRPG].
*Suffragett!, 2014. A larp about the Women's Right to Vote movement in 1918, in collaboration with Hallwylska Museet. With [[Daniel Armyr]], [[Cecilia Billskog]], [[Siri Sandquist]].
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*[[Suffragette!|Suffragett!]], 2014. A larp about the Women's Right to Vote movement in 1918, in collaboration with Hallwylska Museet. With [[Daniel Armyr]], [[Cecilia Billskog]], [[Siri Sandquist]].
 
*The Ancestral Farm, 2014. A chamber larp about the Swedish male gender role and father-son relationships. With [[Daniel Armyr]].
 
*The Ancestral Farm, 2014. A chamber larp about the Swedish male gender role and father-son relationships. With [[Daniel Armyr]].
*So Mom I Made This Sex Tape, 2016. Different generations (waves) of feminists argue it out about sex, porn and what the main point of feminism really is. Available here https://feministnanogames.wordpress.com/
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*So Mom I Made This Sex Tape, 2016 in [[Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology|#Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology]], Different generations (waves) of feminists argue it out about sex, porn and what the main point of feminism really is. Available here https://feministnanogames.wordpress.com/ . Sessions of this game has been recorded in podcasts like: [https://podcastaddict.com/episode/110915748 Gauntlet Run 1], [https://podcastaddict.com/episode/110915748 Gauntlet Run 2]  , [http://sasgeek.com/podcasts/60-so-mom-i-made-this-sex-tape-feminism/ She's A Super Geek #60]. The game was also part of the "[https://medium.com/@futuryst/theatre-in-pandemic-an-experimental-syllabus-ac66885e886b Theatre in Pandemic: An Experimental Syllabus]" (by Stuart Candy (School of Design) and Nica Ross (School of Drama), Carnegie Mellon University).
 
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*[https://gamewrap.interactiveliterature.org/vol2/now-listen-young-lady/ Now Listen Young Lady,] a larp about intergenerational conflicts and gender roles. published in GameWrap#2 2017
 
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*[https://scenariofestival.se/archive/scenarios-2017/athenas-chosen/ Athena's Chosen, 2017]. A larp set in Arcadian Ancient Greece about power, empowerment, lust, love, faith, choice, drama, and greek goddesses. With [[Anna-Karin Linder]].
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*[https://suffragettelarp.wordpress.com/ Suffragette! International], 2018. An expanded version of the 2014 Suffragett! larp, with participants from all over Europe, playing characters based on their own countries' women's movement heroes in 1912. With [[Siri Sandquist]], [[Rosalind Göthberg]], [[Christina Bodling]].
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*[https://flaglarp.wordpress.com/ Fight Like A Girl]. 2018. An international post-ap larp "about the suffragette wars of the 22nd century." With [[Frida Gamero]] and [[Karin Fonnaland]].
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*[http://www.goldencobra.org/pdf/2020/VejdemoBradshaw_Exodiplomacy.pdf Exodiplomacy]. 2021. A research-based game about how we talk to each other. And aliens. With [[Marshall Bradshaw]].
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*Bad Omens. 2021. A larp about Angels, Demons, Apocalypses, Shenanigans. (Official script TBA )
  
 
==Other events==
 
==Other events==
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Together with [[Eva Wei]], Susanne held a workshop on culturally and ethnically based discrimination in the Swedish larp scene, on [[Prolog]] 2016.
 
Together with [[Eva Wei]], Susanne held a workshop on culturally and ethnically based discrimination in the Swedish larp scene, on [[Prolog]] 2016.
  
== Articles ==
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Susanne has held workshops on how to create fake magic rituals in larps at various larps and cons, e.g. Intercon 2020. See "[https://nordiclarp.org/2018/02/27/group-improvisation-larp-rituals/ Group improvisation of Larp Rituals]".
[[Anpassningsstrategier i lajvspråk]] (Adaption strategies in larp conlangs), 2004. Master thesis, Stockholm University. Available [http://tolkiensarda.se/new/alster/lajvsprak.pdf here]
 
 
 
Confessing, Gossipping and Confronting as conscious tools for a better larp, 2015. Available at https://workshophandbook.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/confessing-gossipping-and-confronting-as-conscious-tools-for-a-better-larp/
 
  
Design Strategies for Discussion-Heavy Larps, 2016. In Särkijärvi, Loponen & Kangas (eds), [[Larp Realia - Analysis, Design, and Discussions of Nordic Larp]]. Available at [http://nordiclarp.org/w/images/f/f5/2016_Larp_Realia.pdf here], with [[Theo Axner]].
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Susanne has led sampler (play what you want) sessions of [[Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology|#Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology]] at several cons.
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Susanne often facilitates run of an online version of So Mom I Made This Sex Tape,from [[Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology|#Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology]], using this simple template (TBA), or this more advanced template (TBA; created by [[Gerrit Reininghaus]].)
  
==Organizations==
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Susanne was editor of [https://arrtankar.wordpress.com/ Arrtankar] 2017-2018, a Swedish community blog about larp design.
  
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==Articles==
  
==Contact==
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*[[Anpassningsstrategier i lajvspråk]] (Adaption strategies in larp conlangs), 2004. Master thesis, Stockholm University. Available [http://tolkiensarda.se/new/alster/lajvsprak.pdf here]
susanne A vejdemo DOT se
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*''Confessing, Gossipping and Confronting as conscious tools for a better larp'', 2015. Available at [https://workshophandbook.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/confessing-gossipping-and-confronting-as-conscious-tools-for-a-better-larp/ The Larp Workshop Handbook].
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*''Design Strategies for Discussion-Heavy Larps'', 2016, with [[Theo Axner]]. In [[Larp Realia - Analysis, Design, and Discussions of Nordic Larp]] and on nordiclarp.org.
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*[https://nordiclarp.org/2018/02/27/group-improvisation-larp-rituals/ Group improvisation of Larp Rituals] , 2018 (a workshop). (Susanne has facilitated this at various cons and larps.) Knutpunkt proceedings. With Elli Garperian.
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*[https://nordiclarp.org/2018/02/21/play-lift-not-just-lose/ Play to Lift, Not Just to Lose], 2018. Knutpunkt proceedings and nordiclarp.org.
  
==External links==
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[[Category:People]]
[http://susanne.vejdemo.se Personal Homepage]
 

Revision as of 21:55, 9 April 2021

Susanne Vejdemo
Susannevejdemo.jpg
Born1982 (age 41–42)
NationalitySweden

Susanne Vejdemo is a linguist, larper, and larpwright. She's Swedish, but currently lives in New York, USA. She often writes games involving politics or ethical dilemmas.

Larps

Other events

Susanne has held several workshops on good ways (and bad ways) to use ciphers, puzzles and codes in larps. A small pamphlet is available here.

Susanne and Anna Westerling held a seminar and a workshop about collaborations between larps and museums at the Swedish State Museums yearly convention in 2015.

Together with Eva Wei, Susanne held a workshop on culturally and ethnically based discrimination in the Swedish larp scene, on Prolog 2016.

Susanne has held workshops on how to create fake magic rituals in larps at various larps and cons, e.g. Intercon 2020. See "Group improvisation of Larp Rituals".

Susanne has led sampler (play what you want) sessions of #Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology at several cons.

Susanne often facilitates run of an online version of So Mom I Made This Sex Tape,from #Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology, using this simple template (TBA), or this more advanced template (TBA; created by Gerrit Reininghaus.)

Susanne was editor of Arrtankar 2017-2018, a Swedish community blog about larp design.

Articles